Employment screening and non-conviction information : a human rights perspective / Terry Thomas, Kevin Bennett.

Title

Employment screening and non-conviction information : a human rights perspective / Terry Thomas, Kevin Bennett.

Description

Title from PDF of title page (viewed, Nov. 5, 2019)
This book provides a critical overview of the policy frameworks underpinning the contemporary practices of non-conviction information disclosure during pre-employment ‘screening’. It questions how a man can walk free from a criminal court as an innocent person only to have all the court details of his acquittal passed to any potential employer.Despite several million ‘enhanced’ criminal background checks being performed each year, there has been little discussion of these issues within academic literature. Non-conviction information, also known as 'police intelligence', is a less well-known check provided alongside the criminal record check. This book seeks to define what is meant by non-conviction information and to provide a clear and simple explanation of how this decision making process of police disclosure to employers is made. It also considers the extent to which these practices have been subjected to legal challenges within the UK and explores how public protection is balanced against individual rights.

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan,

Date

Contributor

Bennett, Kevin.
SpringerLink (Online service)

Relation

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-28711-5

Format

1 online resource (xiv, 169 p.)

Language

eng

Type

a

Access Rights

Publisher's Web site. Access restricted to the University of Catania community.

DOI

10.1007/978-3-030-28711-5 doi

ISBN

9783030287108
9783030287115 (electronic bk.)
3030287114 (electronic bk.)
9783030287108

Files

2019_Book_EmploymentScreeningAndNon-Conv.pdf

Citation

Thomas, Terry, 1946-, “Employment screening and non-conviction information : a human rights perspective / Terry Thomas, Kevin Bennett.,” Lex e-books - Collana, accessed November 10, 2024, https://epub.unict.it/omeka/items/show/415.